Last night, Renaud Lavoie (who is back on the road) spoke with John Tortorella for TVA Sports. The Golden Knights coach, as you know, has a close relationship with Martin St-Louis.
The Edmonton Oilers decided to relieve both Kris Knoblauch and Mark Stuart of their duties as head coach and assistant coach, and while many fans believe Bruce Cassidy is their primary target to become their new bench boss, another name recently came out as someone they are interested in.
The St. Louis Blues are moving in a new direction behind the bench, announcing Friday that they will not renew the contracts of assistant coaches Claude Julien and Mike Weber.
Can you name the players chosen as team captain for each NHL franchise in 2026-27?
The St. Louis Blues announced on Friday that assistant coaches Claude Julien and Mike Weber will not have their contracts renewed. “I would like to thank Claude and Mike for their contributions during their time with the organization,” Blues general manager Doug Armstrong said in a statement.
The NHL has had an interesting new millennium. It was a league sans a salary cap when the 2000s started… and then the owners locked the players out for an entire season.
The Blues will not renew the contracts of assistant coaches Claude Julien and Mike Weber, per a team announcement Friday. Neither was hired under the current head coach, Jim Montgomery, who was brought in early in the 2024-25 campaign.
John Tortorella's firing Thursday as Flyers head coach this close to the end of the regular season serves as the start of the offseason in Philadelphia.
Ivan Demidov is still the talk of the town. The Canadiens’ prospect hasn’t had a bad week of late, so the KHL has recognized his achievements. He was named player of the week, or rookie of the week.
Dominique Ducharme’s time at the helm of the Habs was brief. In less than a year, he replaced Claude Julien, led the Habs to the Stanley Cup Final… and was fired.
People will talk about the “Mount Rushmore” for a franchise, which is to say the four people, usually four players, that most define the franchise. Not always the four-best players, but the four that evoke the essence of the franchise.
Some movement behind the bench for one of the league’s longest-standing franchises. On Thursday, the St. Louis Blues revealed they have promoted Steve Ott to associate coach, while the team has added former NHL head coach Claude Julien as an assistant coach.
Claude Julien once helped lead the charge for some of the best Bruins teams of this century. He's now joining the St. Louis Blues as an assistant coach.
Yesterday evening, the Blue Jackets made their decision: they would not be bringing head coach Pascal Vincent back behind the bench. The decision may have seemed odd, given that the Quebecer was thrown into the deep end at the start of the season, and only piloted one campaign.
Where might the Toronto Maple Leafs turn for their next head coach? Running down some of the top potential candidates.
Martin St-Louis is an excellent head coach. We all knew it… but we know it even more now that he decided to leave the team a week ago. He’s good at developing
Will the Ottawa Senators come calling to interview Boston Bruins assistant coach Chris Kelly for their head coaching job that’s about to open up? This past December, with their team not even coming close to preseason expectations, the Bruins’ Atlantic Division rival fired head coach D.J.
The former NHL head coach was injured in a fall in late January after slipping on the ice during a team-building activity in Switzerland and breaking his ribs.
Assistant Dominique Ducharme will take over as head coach on an interim basis. The team has also added Alex Burrows to the coaching staff.
Domi refused to discuss his relationship with Julien on Wednesday. Instead, he focused on the lack of communication he had with management throughout the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
Julien was transported to a Toronto-area hospital Wednesday night with chest pain, the team announced Thursday.
Kirk Muller, an associate coach with the Canadiens, has been named interim head coach for the time being.
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